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August 22, 2006

How Much Effort is it Worth?

Let me ask you a few questions: How much do you care about your next job? How much do you want it to be the right fit? How important is your career?

If the answers are (a) "a lot" (b) "a lot" and (c) "very," let me ask you another question: How much effort are you willing to put into your personal marketing and your job search?

I am always amazed when the answer to that question is "not much."

I just refunded a fee because the client felt that our self-assessment worksheets were too much work. She wrote "if I had time to fill out all that information, I'd have time to write my resume myself."

Now time is not the only thing stopping her from writing a resume as good as the one I can write for her, but I didn't argue and that's not my point in writing this post.

Our clients complete a comprehensive self-assessment questionnaire before we write their resume. It's a lot of work and I make no bones about that before they sign up with us. It's important work. No, it's ESSENTIAL work. Because I guarantee our resumes - a full 100% results guarantee. I can do that because I know that if you truly understand your own value proposition and if you can articulate it clearly, not only on a resume, but in person during interviews, you will be successful. But if a client isn't willing to spend a few hours preparing herself for her search, how can I guarantee success?

Job search is like anything else in life. you get out of it what you put in. When you hire people to help you, you are leveraging their expertise - not taking yourself out of the process.

Cross-posted at Career Hub

Posted by Louise at August 22, 2006 01:12 PM